Nail Polish Addicts Anonymous

maddiemay

Well, so much happening while I have been away!

I understand the reasoning for starting the new blog, question is - are people like me who do not do nail art, challenges and stamping etc still going to post here? or are we going to join the clever girls over there, I know some people who had only just got into using nail polish felt a little intimidated by the
wonderful arty nails, so I am happy to pop up here with help if needed, whilst having a look and admiring their lovely work from time to time.:)

HanSpan

I'm certainly not clever with nail art - at all! But I've joined over on the dark side;) as I love to admire other people's lovely stuff and I enjoy the blogs and looking at all those energetic ladies who do 31 day challenges efforts.
I'll probably sill be here too though - I love MSE and am subscribed to plenty of forums here so can't see me leaving.

TinyDancer_2

Im giving my nails, a week off from nails polish as my creative strike has gone for this week

sandy2_2

I had my first go at stamping this afternoon...Dis ast er! The polish smears on the plate and doesn´t ahere to the stamper thingy. I tried both a quick drying varnish, suppose it dried too quickly on the plate, then I tried a normal polish, but still no success.
Any hints or tips would be welcomed
Sandy

amyb_2

sandy2 wrote: »

I had my first go at stamping this afternoon...Dis ast er! The polish smears on the plate and doesn´t ahere to the stamper thingy. I tried both a quick drying varnish, suppose it dried too quickly on the plate, then I tried a normal polish, but still no success.
Any hints or tips would be welcomed
Sandy

If you're starting out i'd recomend using a proper stamping polish as they are much easier to work with and don't smudge.
The BarryM foils (gold/silver/lilac) also work.

Once you have tecqnique dowm then try out other polishes.

sandy2_2

amyb wrote: »

If you're starting out i'd recomend using a proper stamping polish as they are much easier to work with and don't smudge. The BarryM foils (gold/silver/lilac) also work. snip....

Oh I didn´t realise there were special stamping polishes. I live in quite a rural part of Spain, so things like that aren´t available. I´ll have to look on ebay
Can you explain how stamping polishes are different please
Thanks
Sandy

Lady_S

Stamping polishes are thicker and gloopier. Leads to a better image.

Have a look at nailpolishdirect. They have the Barry M ones, they might deliver to spain x

Gillyx

I'm pretty crap with nails and I've joined too so come over and join us xxx

sandy2_2

Gillyx wrote: »

I'm pretty crap with nails and I've joined too so come over and join us xxx

If you mean me, I´m already over on the dark side.......

Sandy

pulliptears

If you spot any really cheap nail art pens, the black and white cheap ones make great stamping polishes.
HTH